Franchises
- Milwaukee Bucks: March 6, 1972 to April 15, 1977
- Cleveland Cavaliers: June 19, 1986 to June 1, 1999
- Toronto Raptors: January 26, 2006 to February 28, 2006
Team Records
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Season | Tm | Lg | G | W | L | W/L% | W > .500 | Finish | G | W | L | W/L% | Notes | |
1971-72 | MIL | NBA | 10 | 7 | 3 | .700 | 2.0 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 5 | .545 | ||
1972-73 | MIL | NBA | 82 | 60 | 22 | .732 | 19.0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 4 | .333 | ||
1973-74 | MIL | NBA | 82 | 59 | 23 | .720 | 18.0 | 1 | 16 | 11 | 5 | .688 | WC Champions | |
1974-75 | MIL | NBA | 82 | 38 | 44 | .463 | -3.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
1975-76 | MIL | NBA | 82 | 38 | 44 | .463 | -3.0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | .333 | ||
1976-77 | MIL | NBA | 82 | 30 | 52 | .366 | -11.0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
1986-87 | CLE | NBA | 82 | 31 | 51 | .378 | -10.0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
1987-88 | CLE | NBA | 82 | 42 | 40 | .512 | 1.0 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 3 | .400 | ||
1988-89 | CLE | NBA | 82 | 57 | 25 | .695 | 16.0 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 3 | .400 | ||
1989-90 | CLE | NBA | 82 | 42 | 40 | .512 | 1.0 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 3 | .400 | ||
1990-91 | CLE | NBA | 82 | 33 | 49 | .402 | -8.0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
1991-92 | CLE | NBA | 82 | 57 | 25 | .695 | 16.0 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 8 | .529 | ||
1992-93 | CLE | NBA | 82 | 54 | 28 | .659 | 13.0 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 6 | .333 | ||
1993-94 | CLE | NBA | 82 | 47 | 35 | .573 | 6.0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 3 | .000 | ||
1994-95 | CLE | NBA | 82 | 43 | 39 | .524 | 2.0 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | .250 | ||
1995-96 | CLE | NBA | 82 | 47 | 35 | .573 | 6.0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | .000 | ||
1996-97 | CLE | NBA | 82 | 42 | 40 | .512 | 1.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
1997-98 | CLE | NBA | 82 | 47 | 35 | .573 | 6.0 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 3 | .250 | ||
1998-99 | CLE | NBA | 50 | 22 | 28 | .440 | -3.0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
2005-06 | TOR | NBA | 13 | 6 | 7 | .462 | -0.5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Career | 1467 | 802 | 665 | .547 | 68.5 | 91 | 40 | 51 | .440 | |||||
6 seasons | MIL | 420 | 232 | 188 | .552 | 22 | 36 | 20 | 16 | .556 | ||||
13 seasons | CLE | 1034 | 564 | 470 | .545 | 47 | 55 | 20 | 35 | .364 | ||||
1 season | TOR | 13 | 6 | 7 | .462 | -0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Awards
- 1991-92 NBA Executive of the Year
- 1997-98 NBA Executive of the Year
Draft Picks, Trades, and Free Agent Signings
- In some cases the starting date and/or ending date for
an executive could not be found, so conservative estimates are used in
their place.
Therefore, transactions from the beginning and/or end of an executive's tenure with a particular franchise may be missing from the register below.
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April 10, 1972: Selected Russ Lee (1st round, 6th pick), Julius Erving (1st round, 12th pick), Chuck Terry (2nd round, 29th pick), George Adams (3rd round, 46th pick), Art White (4th round, 63rd pick), Ron Harris (5th round, 79th pick), Mickey Davis (7th round, 113th pick), Charles Kirkland (8th round, 129th pick), Jim Regenold (9th round, 143rd pick) and Jolly Spight (10th round, 156th pick) in the 1972 NBA Draft.
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September 18, 1972: Acquired player rights to Dick Cunningham from the Houston Rockets.
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October 9, 1972: Traded Toby Kimball to the Kansas City-Omaha Kings for a 1973 4th round draft pick (Clyde Turner was later selected).
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October 10, 1972: Traded a 1973 2nd round draft pick (Gary Melchionni was later selected) to the Philadelphia 76ers for Gary Gregor.
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November 15, 1972: Signed Terry Driscoll as a free agent.
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April 24, 1973: Selected Swen Nater (1st round, 16th pick), Clyde Turner (4th round, 59th pick), Harry Rogers (4th round, 67th pick), Larry Jackson (5th round, 85th pick), James Floyd (6th round, 101st pick), Eddie Childress (7th round, 119th pick), Walt McGary (8th round, 135th pick), Bob Vacca (9th round, 150th pick) and Ron Battle (10th round, 164th pick) in the 1973 NBA Draft.
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August 24, 1973: Acquired player rights to Ron Williams from the Golden State Warriors.
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September 10, 1973: Signed Bob Verga as a free agent.
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November 5, 1973: Signed Cornell Warner as a free agent.
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January 8, 1974: Signed Dick Garrett as a free agent.
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May 28, 1974: Selected Gary Brokaw (1st round, 18th pick), Greg McDougald (3rd round, 54th pick), Lionel Billingly (4th round, 72nd pick), John Johnson (5th round, 90th pick), Larry Williams (6th round, 108th pick), Bob Hornstein (7th round, 126th pick), Ralph Palomar (8th round, 144th pick), Mike Deane (9th round, 161st pick) and Bruce Featherston (10th round, 178th pick) in the 1974 NBA Draft.
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May 30, 1974: Traded cash and future considerations to the Boston Celtics for George Thompson.
May 30, 1974: Signed George Thompson.
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June 10, 1974: Acquired player rights to Kevin Restani from the Cleveland Cavaliers.
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July 7, 1974: Signed Bob Rule as a free agent.
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October 8, 1974: Traded Russ Lee and a 1975 1st round draft pick (Rich Kelley was later selected) to the New Orleans Jazz for Steve Kuberski and a 1975 2nd round draft pick (Clyde Mayes was later selected).
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November 8, 1974: Traded Lucius Allen to the Los Angeles Lakers for Jim Price.
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November 27, 1974: Signed Walt Wesley as a free agent.
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May 29, 1975: Selected Clyde Mayes (2nd round, 22nd pick), Cornelius Cash (2nd round, 24th pick), Brian Hammel (3rd round, 43rd pick), Bill Campion (4th round, 60th pick), Oliver Purnell (6th round, 96th pick), Wilbur Thomas (7th round, 115th pick), Bob McCurdy (8th round, 132nd pick), Eric Hays (9th round, 150th pick) and Romie Thomas (10th round, 165th pick) in the 1975 NBA Draft.
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June 5, 1975: Traded TO_TRADE to the Atlanta Hawks for a 1976 2nd round draft pick (Alex English was later selected) and a 1976 2nd round draft pick (Bayard Forrest was later selected). Atlanta was penalized for signing Milwaukee draft pick Julius Erving in 1972.
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June 16, 1975: Traded Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Walt Wesley to the Los Angeles Lakers for Junior Bridgeman, Dave Meyers, Elmore Smith and Brian Winters.
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September 23, 1975: Traded Ron Williams to the Los Angeles Lakers for a 1976 5th round draft pick (James Rappis was later selected).
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October 22, 1975: Traded a 1976 2nd round draft pick (Bayard Forrest was later selected) to the Seattle SuperSonics for Jim Fox.
October 22, 1975: Sold player rights to Cornell Warner to the Los Angeles Lakers.
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June 8, 1976: Selected Quinn Buckner (1st round, 7th pick), Alex English (2nd round, 23rd pick), Scott Lloyd (2nd round, 24th pick), Lloyd Walton (3rd round, 40th pick), Dan Frost (4th round, 59th pick), Tom Lockhart (5th round, 75th pick), James Rappis (5th round, 77th pick), Phil Spence (6th round, 92nd pick), Ron Barrow (7th round, 112th pick), Bob Warner (8th round, 129th pick), Bennie Shaw (9th round, 146th pick) and Hugo Cabrera (10th round, 165th pick) in the 1976 NBA Draft.
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August 5, 1976: Traded Bird Averitt to the Buffalo Braves for a 1977 2nd round draft pick (Glen Williams was later selected). This trade was for the 7th pick in the ABA dispersal draft.
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November 2, 1976: Traded Jim Price to the Buffalo Braves for a 1977 1st round draft pick (Tate Armstrong was later selected).
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November 12, 1976: Signed Glenn McDonald as a free agent.
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November 22, 1976: Hired Don Nelson as Head Coach.
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December 8, 1976: Traded a 1977 2nd round draft pick (Wilson Washington was later selected) and a 1978 2nd round draft pick (Maurice Cheeks was later selected) to the Philadelphia 76ers for Fred Carter.
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January 13, 1977: Traded Gary Brokaw and Elmore Smith to the Cleveland Cavaliers for Rowland Garrett, a 1977 1st round draft pick (Ernie Grunfeld was later selected) and a 1978 1st round draft pick (George Johnson was later selected).
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July 9, 1986: Hired Lenny Wilkens as Head Coach.
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September 30, 1986: Signed Scooter McCray as a free agent.
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December 9, 1986: Traded Dirk Minniefield to the Houston Rockets for a 1989 3rd round draft pick. Pick did not convey because 1989 draft did not have a third round
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December 30, 1986: World B. Free signed as a veteran free agent with the Philadelphia 76ers; received a 1990 2nd round draft pick (Stefano Rusconi was later selected) as compensation.
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January 13, 1987: Signed Craig Ehlo as a free agent.
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January 24, 1987: Signed Tyrone Corbin as a free agent.
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February 15, 1987: Traded Ben Poquette to the Chicago Bulls for a 1989 2nd round draft pick (Chucky Brown was later selected).
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June 22, 1987: Selected Kevin Johnson (1st round, 7th pick), Kannard Johnson (2nd round, 41st pick), Donald Royal (3rd round, 52nd pick), Chris Dudley (4th round, 75th pick), Carven Holcombe (4th round, 80th pick), Carl Lott (5th round, 98th pick), Harold Jensen (6th round, 121st pick) and Michael Foster (7th round, 144th pick) in the 1987 NBA Draft.
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October 8, 1987: Traded Darryl Dawkins and Melvin Turpin to the Utah Jazz for Kent Benson and Dell Curry.
October 8, 1987: Traded John Bagley and Keith Lee to the New Jersey Nets for James Bailey and Darryl Dawkins.
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October 29, 1987: Traded James Bailey to the Phoenix Suns for a 1989 2nd round draft pick (Greg Grant was later selected).
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November 10, 1987: Signed Johnny Rogers as a free agent.
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February 25, 1988: Traded Tyrone Corbin, Kevin Johnson, Mark West, a 1988 1st round draft pick (Dan Majerle was later selected), a 1988 2nd round draft pick (Dean Garrett was later selected) and a 1989 2nd round draft pick (Greg Grant was later selected) to the Phoenix Suns for Larry Nance, Mike Sanders and a 1988 1st round draft pick (Randolph Keys was later selected).
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March 29, 1988: Signed Kevin Henderson as a free agent.
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June 23, 1988: Traded a 1990 2nd round draft pick (Steve Bardo was later selected) to the Miami Heat for Darnell Valentine.
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June 28, 1988: Selected Randolph Keys (1st round, 22nd pick) and Winston Bennett (3rd round, 64th pick) in the 1988 NBA Draft.
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August 2, 1988: Signed Tree Rollins as an unrestricted free agent.
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June 27, 1989: Selected John Morton (1st round, 25th pick) and Chucky Brown (2nd round, 43rd pick) in the 1989 NBA Draft.
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September 5, 1989: Traded a 1993 2nd round draft pick (Mark Buford was later selected) to the Phoenix Suns for Steve Kerr.
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September 26, 1989: Signed Paul Mokeski as an unrestricted free agent.
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October 5, 1989: Signed Gary Voce as a free agent.
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November 16, 1989: Traded Ron Harper, a 1990 1st round draft pick (Loy Vaught was later selected), a 1991 2nd round draft pick (Joe Wylie was later selected) and a 1992 1st round draft pick (Elmore Spencer was later selected) to the Los Angeles Clippers for Danny Ferry and Reggie Williams.
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February 21, 1990: Traded Chris Dudley to the New Jersey Nets for a 1991 2nd round draft pick (Žan Tabak was later selected) and a 1993 2nd round draft pick (Richard Petruška was later selected).
February 21, 1990: Traded a 1991 2nd round draft pick (Žan Tabak was later selected), a 1992 2nd round draft pick (Curtis Blair was later selected) and a 1993 2nd round draft pick (Richard Petruška was later selected) to the Houston Rockets for Derrick Chievous.
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February 22, 1990: Traded Randolph Keys to the Charlotte Hornets for a 1991 2nd round draft pick (Jimmy Oliver was later selected).
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June 27, 1990: Selected Stefano Rusconi (2nd round, 52nd pick) in the 1990 NBA Draft.
June 27, 1990: Traded Stefano Rusconi to the Phoenix Suns for Miloš Babić.
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July 30, 1990: Signed Henry James as a free agent.
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September 27, 1990: Signed Gerald Paddio as a free agent.
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December 3, 1990: Signed Darnell Valentine as a free agent.
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December 13, 1990: Signed Mike Woodson as a free agent.
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December 31, 1990: Signed Henry James to the first of two 10-day contracts.
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January 21, 1991: Signed Henry James to a contract for the rest of the season.
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June 26, 1991: Selected Terrell Brandon (1st round, 11th pick) and Jimmy Oliver (2nd round, 39th pick) in the 1991 NBA Draft.
June 26, 1991: Traded a 1996 2nd round draft pick (Terrell Bell was later selected) to the Houston Rockets for Keith Hughes.
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July 17, 1991: Signed John Battle as an unrestricted free agent.
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August 14, 1991: Signed Henry James as an unrestricted free agent.
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March 12, 1992: Signed Mike Sanders to a 10-day contract.
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March 19, 1992: Signed Bobby Phills to a 10-day contract.
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March 22, 1992: Signed Mike Sanders as a free agent.
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March 29, 1992: Signed Bobby Phills to a contract for the rest of the season.
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August 31, 1992: Signed Jerome Lane as a free agent.
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October 8, 1992: Signed Jay Guidinger as a free agent.
October 8, 1992: Signed Gerald Wilkins as a free agent.
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December 2, 1992: Traded Steve Kerr to the Orlando Magic for a 1996 2nd round draft pick (Reggie Geary was later selected).
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June 15, 1993: Signed Gerald Madkins as a free agent.
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June 17, 1993: Hired Mike Fratello as Head Coach.
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June 30, 1993: Selected Chris Mills (1st round, 22nd pick) in the 1993 NBA Draft.
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July 15, 1993: Traded a 1994 1st round draft pick (Clifford Rozier was later selected) to the Golden State Warriors for Tyrone Hill.
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November 9, 1993: Signed Sedric Toney as a free agent.
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December 23, 1993: Signed Rod Higgins as a free agent.
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January 19, 1994: Signed Jay Guidinger to two 10-day contracts, then signed to a contract for the rest of the season.
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March 18, 1994: Signed Gary Alexander as a free agent.
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April 15, 1994: Signed Tim Kempton as a free agent.
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June 29, 1994: Selected Gary Collier (2nd round, 42nd pick) in the 1994 NBA Draft.
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August 2, 1994: Signed Michael Cage as an unrestricted free agent.
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October 5, 1994: Signed Steve Colter as a free agent.
October 5, 1994: Signed Greg Dreiling as an unrestricted free agent.
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October 31, 1994: Signed Tony Campbell as a free agent.
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January 26, 1995: Signed Elmer Bennett to a 10-day contract.
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February 23, 1995: Signed Fred Roberts to the first of two 10-day contracts.
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March 16, 1995: Signed Fred Roberts to a contract for the rest of the season.
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June 14, 1995: Traded a 1995 2nd round draft pick (George Banks was later selected) to the Miami Heat for Harold Miner and a 1995 2nd round draft pick (Donny Marshall was later selected).
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June 28, 1995: Selected Bob Sura (1st round, 17th pick) and Donny Marshall (2nd round, 39th pick) in the 1995 NBA Draft.
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September 27, 1995: Traded Mark Price to the Washington Bullets for a 1996 1st round draft pick (Vitaly Potapenko was later selected).
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October 5, 1995: Signed Joe Courtney as a free agent.
October 5, 1995: Signed John Amaechi as a free agent.
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October 7, 1995: Traded Hot Rod Williams to the Phoenix Suns for Antonio Lang, Dan Majerle and a 1997 1st round draft pick (Brevin Knight was later selected).
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October 23, 1995: Signed John Crotty as a free agent.
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March 5, 1996: Signed Darryl Johnson to the first of two 10-day contracts.
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June 26, 1996: Selected Vitaly Potapenko (1st round, 12th pick), Zydrunas Ilgauskas (1st round, 20th pick) and Reggie Geary (2nd round, 56th pick) in the 1996 NBA Draft.
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August 9, 1996: Signed Mark West as a free agent.
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September 6, 1996: Signed Shawnelle Scott as a free agent.
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September 23, 1996: Signed Carl Thomas as a free agent.
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June 25, 1997: Selected Derek Anderson (1st round, 13th pick), Brevin Knight (1st round, 16th pick) and Cedric Henderson (2nd round, 44th pick) in the 1997 NBA Draft.
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September 22, 1997: Signed Henry James as a free agent.
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September 25, 1997: As part of a 3-team trade, the Cleveland Cavaliers traded Terrell Brandon, Tyrone Hill and a 1998 1st round draft pick (Pat Garrity was later selected) to the Milwaukee Bucks; the Milwaukee Bucks traded Sherman Douglas to the Cleveland Cavaliers; the Milwaukee Bucks traded Vin Baker to the Seattle SuperSonics; and the Seattle SuperSonics traded Shawn Kemp to the Cleveland Cavaliers.
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October 1, 1997: As part of a 3-team trade, the Cleveland Cavaliers traded a 2005 1st round draft pick (Sean May was later selected) to the Phoenix Suns; the Denver Nuggets traded Antonio McDyess to the Phoenix Suns; the Phoenix Suns traded Tony Dumas and Wesley Person to the Cleveland Cavaliers; and the Phoenix Suns traded a 1998 1st round draft pick (Tyronn Lue was later selected), a 1999 1st round draft pick (James Posey was later selected), a 2000 2nd round draft pick (Dan McClintock was later selected), a 2001 1st round draft pick (Joseph Forte was later selected) and a 2002 2nd round draft pick (Rod Grizzard was later selected) to the Denver Nuggets.
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October 2, 1997: Signed Mitchell Butler as a free agent.
October 2, 1997: Signed Adrian Caldwell as a free agent.
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October 20, 1997: Traded Sherman Douglas and a 2000 2nd round draft pick (Eddie House was later selected) to the Denver Nuggets for Greg Graham.
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December 12, 1997: Signed Scott Brooks as a free agent.
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February 2, 1998: Signed Carl Thomas to the first of two 10-day contracts.
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February 22, 1998: Signed Carl Thomas to a contract for the rest of the season.
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June 24, 1998: Selected Ryan Stack (2nd round, 48th pick) in the 1998 NBA Draft.
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January 21, 1999: Signed Litterial Green as a free agent.
January 21, 1999: Signed Antonio Lang as a free agent.
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January 24, 1999: Signed Johnny Newman as a free agent.
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February 4, 1999: Signed Roy Rogers as a free agent.
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March 10, 1999: Signed Earl Boykins to a 10-day contract.
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March 11, 1999: Traded Vitaly Potapenko to the Boston Celtics for Andrew DeClercq and a 1999 1st round draft pick (Andre Miller was later selected).
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March 13, 1999: Signed Corie Blount as a free agent.
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March 19, 1999: Signed Mitchell Butler as a free agent.
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March 23, 1999: Signed Earl Boykins to a 10-day contract.
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April 2, 1999: Signed Earl Boykins to a contract for the rest of the season.
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January 31, 2006: Traded Aaron Williams to the New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets for a 2006 2nd round draft pick (Edin Bavčić was later selected) and a 2009 2nd round draft pick (Jack McClinton was later selected).
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February 3, 2006: Traded Jalen Rose and a 2006 1st round draft pick (Renaldo Balkman was later selected) to the New York Knicks for Antonio Davis.
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